With cars getting generally better and better all the time, the things that automakers seek to improve become more and more subtle. Like how everything feels. Up until fairly recently, the only concern about how interior materials interacted with your hands was basically just making sure they didn't lacerate you too… »10/22/12 2:00pm 10/22/12 2:00pm

Ford continues their slow
piece »9/17/08 4:00pm 9/17/08 4:00pm-by--by- reveal of the with this official photo of the car's dashboard. Since it's just a teaser, you can't really make out much except the dash and the side view of the steering wheel, but it looks like a more rounded interpretation of the outgoing model's interior. Of course, as you…

These shots of a production
Chevy Volt »8/28/08 4:15pm 8/28/08 4:15pm interior have leaked from a GM internal presentation. Immediately apparent is the glossy white iPod-esque IP with flip-up nav/charge status display. There's also a prominent center-mounted computer-like on/off button, but we don't know if this will start the car or just the…

Chrysler's latest survival scheme? Fancy toys in budget models. It used to be, that if you wanted heated seats and other fancy interior amenities in your Chrysler Sebring or Dodge Avenger, you had to plop down more cash for the 3.5-liter V6-equipped models. Now, as the company struggles to stay afloat amid high gas… »7/18/08 1:11pm 7/18/08 1:11pm

If the 2010 Acura NSX's Nürburgring lap didn't hit the right spot, take a look at this new shot showing off the interior for the first time. We're a little disappointed that the stylish Zubaz-esque exterior camo isn't reflected on the inside of the cockpit, but then again, who cares, those gauges look so purdy we… »6/20/08 1:00pm 6/20/08 1:00pm

While we are reporting
daily »2/15/08 1:30pm 2/15/08 1:30pm on alternative energy and , it seems we should really be writing about cup holders, because that is what you, the public, truly care about in a vehicle. Sure, fuel economy has risen exponentially from four years ago, but CNW Marketing Research says that concern about gas consumption…

There's something about a good bucket-seat. You know, the kind that fit you just right, look sexy, and make you feel at one with the machine. On the other hand, Nestt's version of the bucket isn't sexy—at all. And I'm not sure that it would fit anyone right enough to make them feel at one with their ride.… »2/05/08 2:00pm 2/05/08 2:00pm

The 3M company of tape and packing supplies fame has teamed up with automotive supplier Visteon to show off this futuristic car interior at the Consumer Electronics Show. The two have reportedly dumped upwards of 50 so-called "innovative technologies" into this interior. Wow, 50 is a mighty big number, though some are… »1/08/08 11:00am 1/08/08 11:00am

We've mentioned the Nissan Forum Concept before, which is going to debut at the the Detroit Auto Show and give us some hints as to where the next Quest is going to be. In addition to the radical styling, the Mommy wagon is going to be packed with kid/dad/driver distracting technologies such as an advanced Bose Media… »11/30/07 10:45am 11/30/07 10:45am

It'll take GM more than a few rounds of Buick Entourage or '08 Saturn VUE to purge memory banks of the landfill-grade interior plastic that surrounded the cabin of a 1980 Citation. The company's best hope is to improve matters quickly, so younger buyers will forget more-recent interior debacles before the decade's… »8/31/07 10:14am 8/31/07 10:14am

A reader to the Blog all about the Auto was quick to draw their phone camera the other day and managed to have snapped a shot of what appears to be the interior of the newly redesigned 2008 Honda Accord. Wonderful — now that we've caught that shot, we can add it to our Coupe, V6 and four-cylinder shots — and finally… »8/03/07 1:30pm 8/03/07 1:30pm

Some manner of vehicular operative of the British persuasion caught a clean shot of what may be Bond's next spy car — the Jaguar XF. If you'll recall, the S-Type replacement was introduced in concept form at this year's Detroit show as the C-XF. Apparently, the concept's avant garde interior has been forsaken in favor… »5/16/07 1:26pm 5/16/07 1:26pm

GM wants you to know that despite decades of treating car interiors like the waiting room at Sears Auto Center, its cars' insides have become very, very important. That's why today that company's pounding the media drums regarding the interior of the 2007 Cadillac SRX crossover — how it's been completely redesigned,… »7/13/06 3:30pm 7/13/06 3:30pm